LightsMyWay

Soon Lent will be underway (March 5th begins) and we’ll be making our way out of winter and into spring. But also like the seasons, we’ll go on a journey, a spiritual journey, that remakes our hearts and evolves our souls. Sign up for Father Barron’s Lenton Reflections at LentReflections.com

One of the oldest Christian feasts, the Epiphany of Our Lord, is celebrated today. Known as the Theophany in the Christian East, it is the revelation of God to man.

January is the month commemorating the Most Holy Name of Jesus. The feast like the month reminds us of the power of Christ’s Name and encourages us to pray in His Name.

“There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved” (Acts: 4:12).

The Name of Jesus says it all and is all-powerful. It’s a prayer in itself.

On December 23, 2012, Google launched “Google Santa Tracker“. It is supposed to help “track Santa’s path”. It features a dashboard, a gps, which features an animated drawing of Santa and 9 reindeer traveling over seas, and other views of Santa.

“In the Prophets too there is the image of the desert, the desert land that cannot grow a tree, a fruit, to bring forth anything. “But the desert will be like a forest,” the Prophets say, “it will be huge, it will flower.” But can the desert flower? Yes. Can the sterile woman give life? Yes. The promise of the Lord: “I can!” From dryness, from your dryness I can make life, salvation grow.”
-Pope Francis’s homily for the 3rd Thursday in Advent 2013

Tracking Jesus inside the Empire